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The basilisk was a very heavy bronze cannon employed during the Late Middle Ages. The barrel of a basilisk could weigh up to 1,800 kg (4,000 lb) and could have a calibre of up to 13 cm (5 inches). [1] On average they were around 3 meters long (10 feet), [2] though some, like Queen Elizabeth's Pocket Pistol, were almost three times that length.
Roko's basilisk is a thought experiment which states that an otherwise benevolent artificial superintelligence in the future would be incentivized to create a virtual reality simulation to torture anyone who knew of its potential existence but did not directly contribute to its advancement or development, in order to incentivize said advancement.
Star Wars: The Old Republic is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) based in the Star Wars universe. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Developed by BioWare Austin and a supplemental team at BioWare Edmonton, the game was announced on October 21, 2008. [ 7 ]
The Radio tractor was a mobile Signal Corps Radio used by the U.S. Army for ground communications before and during World War I. Prior to World War I, trucks were referred to as "tractors", and there were also telegraph tractors, and telephone tractors.
The R.6.T began as an artillery tractor developed by the British Four Wheel Drive Lorry Company (FWD England) of Slough.. FWD began in 1921 as a British subsidiary of the US Four Wheel Drive Auto Company, refurbishing and reselling war-surplus FWD Model B trucks, nearly three thousand of which had been purchased by the British Army during the First World War.
The M9 served for a significant amount of time. 3500 were produced by the end of World War II. It was used during World War II, the Arab-Israeli War of 1948, the Korean War, the Suez Crisis, the Vietnam War, the Six-Day War, and the Yom Kippur War. It had been used by eleven countries by the end of its service. [citation needed]
Hornsby chain tractor. Working scale model at Lincoln steam fair 2008. Richard Hornsby & Sons was an engine and machinery manufacturer in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England from 1828 until 1918. The company was a pioneer in the manufacture of the oil engine developed by Herbert Akroyd Stuart, which was marketed under the Hornsby-Akroyd name.
Rise of the Hutt Cartel is the first expansion pack for The Old Republic.It was developed by BioWare Austin, the same studio that led development on the main game. It features the Hutt species, slug-like aliens who wield considerable influence as leaders in organized crime within the Star Wars universe, as the story's main antagonists as they attempt to become a galactic superpower.